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E. BUWSHER.

FARM GATE.

{Application filed Feb. 13, 1902.)

(N'o Model.)

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FARM GATE.

(Application med Feb. 13,'1902.) (No Model.)

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FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,330, dated December 30, `1902.

Application led February 13, 1902. Serial No. 93,941. (No model.)

the object being to provide a gatewhich canv be adj usted vertically either before or during the swinging operation, so'as to clear vany accumulation of stone or dirt or an'yirregularity on the surface of the earth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gate'of this character which shall be suspended fromthe center, whereby all tendency to sag at the free end is avoided.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination, all of which will be fullyj described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view illustratin g a gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation showing the free end of the gate and the side of the gate-post.

of a portion of the post. sectional view illustrating the location and construction of the latch. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of conv necting the wires to theframe portion of the gate. Fig. 6 is a top plan view illustrating the rear or pivot half of the gate. Fig. 7,is a vertical sectional View illustrating the manner of pivoting or swinging 'the gate. Fig. 8 is a detail view, partly in'section and partly in elevation, illustrating the relative arrangement of the gate-hanger and lifting-levers. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of connecting the brace rods or pipes to the pivot, and Figs. 10, 1l, and 12 are detail Views illustrating the manner of connectingthe hangerarmsand brace-bars. Fig. 13 is a detail -perspective view illustrating the lower pivot.

In constructing and arranging myimproved form of gate I employ gate-posts A and A', and adjacent to the upper and lower ends of Fig-3 is aface view" Fig. 4 is an enlarged the post A are secured the pivot-brackets B by means of bolts B', said brackets being apertured,and turning freely in said brackets is the pivot rod or bar C, said rod or bar having a head C' at its upper end, preferably bifurcated, in which is pivoted the horizontal snpporting-arm D. The forward end of this arm is connected to the diagonal brace-bars E,said bars being connected at their lower ends to a iianged plate or casting F, through which the pivot bar or rod C passes. The arm D has an opening D adjacent to its outer end,through which the reduced portion E' of the coupling connecting the bars E is passed, and the eX- treme end `of the arm D has an opening D2 produced therein, through which a bolt G2 passes, said bolt having the hanger-arms G dependingtherefrom. Thelowerendsofsaid levers are pivotally connected at Gr to the lifting-levers H, said levers being pivoted at H' to the central portion ofthe gate.

The gate is preferably composed of pipes or tub'es,sucl1 as ordinary gas-pipes, and in practice I prefer to construct the gate of four panels, and in so doingI employ the end pipe I, the upper pipes I', the lower pipes I2, central and horizontal pipes I2, and the central and vertical pipes I,l all connected and united by means of ordinary pipe-couplings I5, it being understood that the central coupling is afour-part coupling and is of such construction as to permit the levers H to be pivoted thereto, as indicated at H'and most clearly shown in Figs. l and 8. A four-part coupling I6 is employed at the front end of the pipe I3, and sliding within said coupling is 'the bolt K, said bolt being operated by means of a short lever K', pivoted in a three-part coupling I7, the bolt ,being pushed forward by means of a coil-spring K2, which is arranged within the four part coupling and bears against a disk or shoulder K2, iixed upon the bolt within the coupling. A bore K4 is produced in the bolt'near its outer end, said bore being adapted to register with-an openingvKf, produced in a'short pipe K6, secured in the center member of the coupling, and when the bores K4 and K5are brought into register a pin can be introduced forthe purpose of holding the bolt in an unlocked position. Each forward corner-coupling carries an extension L,

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can be arranged and operated in exactly the which is adapted to lit into a notched block M, secured upon the face of the post A', and the bolt K is adapted to engage a keeper N, secured also upon the same face of the post about midway its height. The frame members of the gate are connected by means of a series of horizontal wires O, which are connected to the pipes by means of split collars P, fastened by bolts P', as most clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 5. Any other mode of fastening, however, may be employed, if desired.

While I have shown my improved form of gate constructed of pipes and Wires, I do not wish to limit myself to such construction, as it is evident that a gate constructed of wood same manner. The gate is shown closed in Fig. l. Whenever it is desired to open the same, it is only necessary to pull down upon either one of the hand-levers, thereby elevatl ing the gate to a point above the keepers, and the gate can then be swung in either direction, and the gate can be lifted to any eX- tent desired for the purpose of clearing any obstruction which may be in the path of the saidgateduringitsswinging movement. The bolt K can be withdrawn by operating the lever K, and the gate can then be swung without lifting it to any considerable extent, it only being necessary to disengage the eX- tensions L from the keepers M. This gate, besides serving as an ordinary farm-gate, can be utilized for the purpose of separating stock, as it will be readily understood thatit can be adjusted a short distance from the earth, so that small stock can pass thereunder, While the larger animals are restrained. One wayof effecting this is by raising the notched blocks i on the gate-post or providing a plurality of these blocks spaced at different heights.

It will thus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly strong, durable, and efficient construction ot' farm-gate which can be quickly and easily manipulated for the purposes desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a gate the combination with a frame, of a pivot-rod to which said gate is swingingly secured, said rod passing through brackets secured to the gate-post, and having a bifurcated upper end, the shoulder of which bears on the upper bracket, a longitudinally-extending arm pivoted in the bifurcated end of the rod, parallel braces extending from the outer end of the longitudinal arm to the lower end of the pivot-rod, downwardly-extending parallel bars dependent from the free end of the longitudinal arm, and levers pivoted at one end to the center of the gate-frame, and adjacent to that end to the lower ends of the dependent bars, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a gate-frame composed of pipe sections and couplings, of a pivot-rod passing through the end member of the gate-frame, the brackets in which the rod turns, the horizontal arm, the depending hanger-bars, the operating-levers, the bracerods, and casting-plate, in which the lower end of the gate rests, said plate being located upon the bottom bracket, substantially as described.

ELIJAH BOWSHER. Witnesses:

H. P. WILLIAMSON, U. M. RANDALL. 

